An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.

This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and i

Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts

This collection of articles covers a wide range of topics in English philology and history of linguistics. The volume proceeds from Old English studies offering

A prehistory of today's humanities, from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries n